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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE JOMR W. TROT - - - EDITOR AKD MANAGED published every evening except Sunday by the KM1THK PUNTING COMPANY at Second sort Main Street*, Juneau, Bntered In the Pest Office In Juneau aa Second CUsa matter __. J SUBSCRIPTION RATES. BeMvered by carrier l< Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane K. 11.15 per month. By mall, poatage paid, at the following rates; One year. In advance, til.00; alx months. In advance, t4.09; Duat months, *n advance, f3.00; one month. In advance tl.lf. Subscriber* wi. confer a favor If they will promptly notify the Businas* Office of any failure or Irregularity In the ae Btrery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. TBe Associated FTtsa la exclusively entitled to the use for eapubHcetlon of all news dlapatchea credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper *"i also the local new* pub •wbed herein. SIRCUT-ATION GUARANTEED TO BE MORE THAN nOTTHI.E THAT OF ANT OTHER ALASKA N J’WSPA F*J?R. STOCK RAISING TEST OF IMPORTANCE. The forthcoming experiment in wintering live stock in the Strawberry Point district will he yatelicd with deep interest iby the people of Juneau in par ticular and by all of the Panhandle of Alaska in general. If it proves successful there, undoubtedly other areas will be found for stocking and t,h,e in dustry will grow to material size and become aw important factor in the district’s prosperity. Loculi* little fear is felt that the test will prove disttft; pointing to its makers. The farmers who ha*c been living at Strawberry Point for the past several years have already demonstrated their ability to grow stock and carry them through the winter without excessive feed corts. That the same thing can be done on* qr large scale seems certain. The Chamber of Commerce, which took the lead in bringing this district to the attention of the stockmen, has again proven that it is a live or ganization and making file most of its opportunities. It is getLting results all the time and merits tlie ccrdial support it is receiving from the town in general. ON THE HOME LAP. ■ When Lieut. Smith and his comrades take the air next week from Brough, England, they will be on the last lap of their pioneering voyage on the air lanes ’round the world. Already they have cov ered more than two-thirds of their hazardous journey. Ordinarily air travel today Is not considered venture some. Maughan recently raced the sun uerohB the continent In a dawn-to-dark flight and now predicts e. time when the aerial voyager will eat his break fast In New York and dine In the Golden Gat ' Ofty. Day and night mail planes carry Uncle Sam’s mails daily 'between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans elope. Here in the Ear North winter flights under the most severe weather conditions have been proven not only possible but practicable. * Regular passenger service is maintained out or Fairbanks to poiuts in a wide radius und only the other day a commei tial (light was made from Anchorage to Fairbanks, the first time the route was ever covered by an airplane. So, after pit, the air routes are becoming tem monplacc. But this round-the-world voyage is different. Three American machines and their six young occu pants are blazing a trail that belts the globe, point ing the way to future commercial undertakings. In the latter will be used many machines and hundred! of flyers, mechanicians, and other helpers. But in •the path finding flight the same planes, except for engines and replacements, tho same personnel, except Muj. Martin and Sergt. Harvey, have made the entire flight to date and expect to complete it successfully. 1 hey have braved Alaska's worst weather, ifesert storms, ocean fogs and mountain blasts. Ahead of them lies Iceland and Greenland, not tlie best flying country in the world but not as bad as they lisye seen and conquered Then the hop across the Atlantic from Greenland to Newfoundland. This stage vies as a spectacular flight with the Alaska-Japan leg but It is hardly as difficult. American warships will lino the route and weather reports will be available lor th^r-whole course. Barring unforeseen and un provenfable mishap*—acts or Providence one might say,—success is apparently within the grasp of the daring aviators. TAMMANY'S NEW LEADER. Judge George \V. Olvany, recently chosen to nil the seat of the lute Charles F. Murphy, is u native born Naw Yorker of direct Irish descent and 4 8 years of age. His birthday falls on the same datp as that or the former Tammany chieftain but he Is 18 years younger than Murphy was. He has served a thorough apprenticeship in New York City politics Graduated front the Now York University Law Sohotl In 1897 he soon entered the Corporation Counsel’s office In an obscure position. He later was elee'ed Alderman from the Fifth District. Under Mayor Gaynor’s administration, ho was appointed a Deputy Hre Commissioner in which capacity he presided over trials. When AT Smith was Sheriff, he picked Olvany as his counsel and the latter remained counsel to Sheriffs David ill. Knott and Percy Najtle. Ten years ago he was picked as leader of the old 25th Assembly District and continued as leader of the lower Tenth District after the city districts were re-arranged. Ho resigned that position when Gov Smith appointed him to the General Sessions bench asl January. He has been Chairman of Tammany’s law committee for the past five years and has had a part in every election contest involving a Tammany’ man during that period. , VO?,.!8 the fifUl hea<1 o1 Tammany since the days of William M. Tweed in 1867. His predecessors [n office were ’Honest John” Kelly, Richard Croker and Charles F. Murphy*. For a short time following "Hoes” CrokeFs retirement in 1902, Lewis Nixon aided by CrokeFs Influence ruled the Hall He was soon replaced by a triumvirate composed of Murphy Daniel F. McMahon and Ixtuis F. Heffen and by September. 1902, Murphy had gathered the reJns of control Into his own hands never to be sur rendered nor seriously questioned until his recent death. Under his leadership Tammany's Influence Vaxed greater and the Hall stood higher with the ipcpulace than at any period in Its history, and •with that of the Democratic party extended in the State to a new high level. The fifth leader of the ;Hall is described as a fine, upstanding figure of a man, six feet, two inches in heiglith. He Is less reticent than was Chief Mur phy but knows when to eay no. He is a first rate lawyer, better equipped with education than his im mediate predecessor and looks like a real fighter. He is not a well-to-do man and. Is said tp care little for money. Ho has announced he will retire from the bench as soon as possible and resume the prac tice of law. It is predicted he will be able to main tain Tammany's position In the city and successfully crush any attempts to apllt the organization. He is credited with having the support of Gov. Smith. In accepting the leadership, Mr. Olvany said he would carry on the work so successfully performed by Mr. Murphy for 22 years. He pledged his loyalty | to the party and the county organization, adding: "I believe in Democracy and the Democratic organi ! /ation, and 1 shall do my part to continue our I Democracy along progressive lines. Our first great public duty will be to roll up a great vote for cur national ticket.” The bible class president who called prohibition ttje "pet scheme of the devil” may find he has talked himself right out of the meeting. The pastor of a Dos Angeles chu.'ch says to let girls smoke if they want to. If girls want to smoke or do any other thing like that we'd like to see the fellow who. could stop them. Our War Debt, (San Francisco Bulletin.) The Treasury Department is reported to be con sidering plans for the payment of our entire war i debt within a period of about 30 years—that is, a3 j sum)ug freedom from further wars or abnormally larjfe and unexpected expenditures for other purposes in the meantime. It would be easy to be deceived j into thinking such a course commendable. As the r.chest nation in the world, we could set a world's iMCOrd in debt payment, but apart from thal distinc 11fotiJ it would not be an advantage. A national debt i is.not an evil in itself. On the contrary, it is * I [mljni of spreading the cost of great national under-1 .ski ugs over an extended period and not placing too] ' much of their burden upon any one or two genera tions. Economy in governmental expenditures is vast ly more important than rapid reduction of the na tional debt There should be a sinking fund to sup , plement payments received from foreign countries on i account of their debts to us, but that fund should i he reasonable, particularly during the next few years, , or tlie period of reconstruction. The war caused1 .( great dislocation of business and the industries, and ■ chough some contrived to make enormous profits the jgitat majority had to endure considerable sacrifices. Dirt In any case the taxpayer’s load should be made light ae possible until our affairs are back on a : sonnet and prosperous basis. It will pay the nation to keep its repayment low until we shall have de ! veloped the prosperity that even with lower taxes will .give us a greater national revenue. We are not in the position of those countries that are suffering .in credit because of their enormous debts. Though our debt is .higher than at any pre-war period, our ! credit Is the soundest in the world. The dollar is the world’s standard and from It taper down all other Currencies. In the course of ,a few years we can repay at a great rate and not feel the burden, but it would not bo wise to continue debt reduction at the pace of the past five years. In 1919 the national debt stood at $26,596,701,648; on June 30 of this year It was down to $21,250,812,989, or a decrease of $5,345,888,659. The greater part of that reduction was cared for by mean of economy In public ex . pc milt u re, but it would have been wiser to have em 5 ployed more of such economy to relief of the people (In (tie form of reduced taxation. Every dollar paid Icff the national debt moans reduction of the na tional interest burden, but there ure times when !i is wiser to carry the debt and use the money as Capita! for private investment in the industries. To say that money is plentiful and that this is a good time for paying off the national debt is to overlook | the fact that the greatest burden upon business today is excessive taxation, and that If that burden were I reduced there would be more business, more taxable | capital and, ultimately, greater national revenue. The Goal of Men. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) ! livery man works toward some goal. Individual initiative is the mainspring of human progress. In ’the landed Utopias, the Communistic Edens, proposed by dreaming, or demented, social reformers, all men are classed according to a cortain pattern. The com munity, the state, the council becomes the parental 1 guide and director of all energy and effort. These , nerveless schemes decry Individual aspiration and I ambition. They would reduce the social order to an artificial mechanism in which the Individual becomes ; a colorless clement in the crucible of life. To illustrate: In our present system men struggle land strive all their days to attain to the goal of 1 t1u,ir dreams. The humblest may aspire to and win to the loftiest pinnacles of supereminency in art in dustry. business, politics. legitimate reward invites to employment of htuin and physical energy T'te man who dreams worthy dreams, who works hard | and persists, has the chance to gain his heart's de isiro—a home, high position, the guerdon of success Mn any Held. And strong men do win these tiling,, land they deserve tlieir enjoyment when won. Any jiTje which halts ability, efficiency, genius, asplra drtil, ambition, individual initiative, holding all men 1 t0 ,,le lc,y-el '■,l' idle, the inefficient, the incapable ! is a rule defiant or the laws of existence ami i progress. ! ,,’or Instance, it is pointed out that of fh“ I twenty railroad executives, representing about one half, the entire mileage of the United States, two started as telegraph operators; two were track labor ers, four messengers, nine in the engineering dl i vlspn, ono a brakeman, one a clerk and one a drnltsman. beading the great opposing political forces <>r the nation are two men who, through labor and persistence, have risen to their positions of eminent distinction from the ranks of poverty and obscurity And so on and on. ... Bl!lt tho cry of lhe de*nagogue is in our ears. He should have government ownership of the rail 1 roods and all public utilities; we must change the | term of our political system; we must transmute indi vidual effort and individual aspiration into some lotus dream that will put society’s creepers at a parity with its genius, its constructive forces! There is hut one way, and It is the way marked out by those who long ago learned that humanity’s only desirable goals are to he won through work and persistence, by those worthy to enjoy their bleti&iugH. Do Western farmers realize that good crops at good prices are hurting the feelings of their political friends?—(Wall Street Journal.) For a pacifist Bryan is able to stir up awful rumpasses.—(Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.) i ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR ' I >7 I AM HU 4-.. . L Friendly Tip For blowing ‘bout things you’ve done, old Top. You only get a world of scorn. It's when you're shooting out of a side street Folks wanna hear you blow your horn. Observations or Oldest Inhabitant Young people don’t have to make their way as llieir parents did, but they get it Just the same. Plumb Looney Blinks—My idea of an optimist Is the bird who thinks he is going to ge.t something for nothing. Jinks—He’s not an optimist. He’s just a lunatic who thinks the other fellow is crasy. t - Passing Thought Life may be cheaper— But lit* insurance costs Just as much as ever. Pome *lnapired by the Heat If she was thinner, she declares, Her beauty 'twould be enhance; But though she rolls and diets, to Get thin she’s c fat chance. ♦Takes perspiration, not inspira tion, for such stuff. •w._ Who Did You Guess Was the Boss In Their Happy Home? (Arcadia Kans Journal) Florence Nichols and husband spent Sunday here. Agin the Constitution The motorist had been fined and •his right to drive suspended for a year for reckless driving. “Your honor,” shouted his attor ney “I will appeal the case.” “On what ground?" asked His Honor. "On the ground that to sentence a man to become a pedestrian is cruel and unusual punishment,” re plied the lawyer. Speaking of the Surface (Hawes Chapel Cor. Wilmington News-Journal) Mr. and Mrs. Earl Zurface and family, near Burtinsvllle, spent Sun day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Zurface. More Slangwige Shlek—Did you see the metling look that flapper gave me? Sheba—Yes, wouldn't it freeze you! Mercy I So very homely is Poor Uttle Irene Clarque, She never will be kissed Unless It's mighty darque. It's a Great Life There are two classes of people in the country today, those who •thing of vacation with pleasure, and those who don't. The people who belong to the first class are those who have not taken theirs yet. More Or Less True We suppose one of the things that surprises a girl who has prom ised to be a sister to him Is how seldom a brother ever kisses a sis ter. The ideal wife Is one who can make her husband enjoy being boss ed by her. We suppose the next kick we will be hearing from the ladies will be that the rude men refuse to give up their sent In the barber shop when a lady comes In. Of course It is too bad the bill boards hide so much of the »scenery, but you don’t notice it unless you are too old to devote your atention to the scenery on the seat with you. If we were to set out to find a “good fellow” we believe the front seat of a church would be the last place we'd look for him. What with the bills for hats, bobs and waves It’s no wonder so many men are over their heads in debt. There would be a remarkable de crease In the number of divorces if lovers wouldn’tv learn to act so blame "sensible” after they settle down to married life. A beautiful character Is one thing that can’t be painted on. Why Is It when a wife Is away •n a vacation and needs money she always asks him to send It but never suggests he bring It? We guess we have been all wrong and there must be more modest girls than we supposed or the stores would not bother about handling these shadow-proof skirts. We imagine no woman ever gets so old she doesn't think It neces sary to have a mirror around the house. It's the head of the house that wears the bob. Daily Sentence Sermon Beginning right on the dot is Important, but the birds who hold down the front offices didn’t get I" - A Home Product of Real Merit ft A 3T CONFECTIONS and ICE CREAM Are Home Products that all Juneauito^ arc proud of. there by quitting the second the | bell rang. I News of the Names Club . R. E. Fra in is reported from Brighton, Penn. A sad, sweet one. Here's George Good boy, of Knox ville, and we don’t want any of the I other members to lead his astray. As for Rebecca Eatwhistle, of Brldgevllle, Iowa — well, everybody to their taste, will take pie for | 1 ours, -—- I Engineers Make Stone Chief of Activities. -—T i [ " PROFESSIONAL ' ----- I Dr*. Kaser ft Freebnrfir DUmiTS 1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg. 1 PHOBS M Honrs I i s. (o I p a i---—* - ■ -- — — Dr. Charles P. Jeaae I DEBTIBT | Rooms • snd 9 Valentine BMg. Telephone 171. ( » - — Dr. A. W. Stewart l nuNTif^r Honrs, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. 8HWARD BUILD IN# Office Phone 449. Rea. Phone ITS 1- , . — . —a I Dr. DeVighnt Mitlony luildin* ■our* 1 to 4. 7 to ft. Phones: Office. 1<U| Rea 1»*. --4 i---r Dr. W. J. Pigg I FHYSICLAH Office—Second and Main Telephone IS |-7-1 > Dr. W. A. Borland Physician and flnrreon | Juneau Music House Bldff. i Telephone 171. I-ft I Dr. H. Vanca OSTEOPATH 301 Goldstein Building Hours: » J0 to IS; 1 to l| 7 to S. or by appointment. Licensed osteopathic physician. Phones: Office. 1ST; Retfdeua* Phone dll. Coliseum Apts. i- - n i----—.—■ GEO. L. BARTON. D. C. Chiropractor : 2nd floor Meeeerechmi'U japta. Office hours: 10 to 11; 1 to 11 7 to 9 end by appointment. Phoas lit. i-4 Dr. F. L. Goddard's i Sanitarium | I - Rate* $3.00 Per Day and Up Every Comfort ■ --a -■ Helene Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Swedish Method. 410 Goldetenl Bldg. Phone 423. a s- ■--- -a OUR AIM Meadowbrook Butter Turner & Pease Eggs At Lowest Prices J. M. GIOVANETO PHONE 385. Honse Phone 385-2 ring* ■ ■■ ■ -"-a YOUR ••UNUSED" AdHETS—that typewriter, musical Instrument, fur niture, office fixture or appliance lie classified columns of Ithe Empire are marketable, tor cash, through l==^ I--■ I Warren S. Stone, grand chief en- I glneer of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, has been elected president of all the activities of the Brotherhood, Including banking. In surance and labor organization. TO TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF ! JUNEAU. f Taxes are now due and will be I delinquent on August 4th next at | 6 P. M., provided however that if one half of the tax Is paid on or before the above date the balance will not become delinquent until the first Monday of the following Janu ary. A penalty of ten per cent is added to all delinquent taxes to gether with interest at the rate of I eight per cent per annum from date of delinquency until paid. I Taxes are payable at the City Clerk’s Office In the City Hall lo cated at the corner of 4th and Main Sts. JOHN A. DAVIS, City Clerk. —l-. -—— -- ■ I I I /— ~ rr-. .- - YOUR SHIP WILL COME IN when you send one out. Day dreams seldom come true. Save today and have tomorrow. Progress in building a savings account in our bank is more satisfying, just as pleasurable, as dreams of fortune. A dollar or more is enough to begin tvith. • THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK Juneau, Alaska r OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA fraternal Societies -or Gastineau Channel Kjmmmmm—————■—m B . F . 0 . ELKS „ Meeting Wednesday |Tf . Evenings at 1:0* o'clock. Elks’ Hall. j. Latimer Gray. Exalted Ruler JOHN A. DAVIS, Secretary. Visiting Brothers welcome. Co-Ordinate Bodies of Freemasonry Scottish Bite Regular meeting* second and fourth Fridays each month at 7:10 p m. Odd Follows* Halt. WALTER B. BBISEL, Secretary i. o. m. p. 'K niLvnn bow __ _IX)DO* NO. I a. Mneete every Thursday at • P. B., Odd Fellows’ Hall. E. M. Pol ley, Noble Grand; Thomas L. George, Secretary. FEUEVEBAMCE mitu LODGE MO. IA. Meets every second and fourth Wednesdays In I.O.O.F. Hall at 8 P. M. MARBL WILSON, N. O. ALPHON8INB CAKTBK, Secretary. . n MOONT JgNSAS LOMI No. 147, P. A A. M. •tatod Communication Second and Pc th Monday* i of each Month, in Odd Veil*—* Well, beginning at T:*4 o'cloeh William M. Fry, Maatar. Chaa. B. Nairhei, Secretary Order of the EASTERN STA1 Second and Fourth T*a day* of aauh maalM 4t I o’clock, L O. O. r. Ball PEARL BURFORD, Worthy Metros LOIS NORDIJNQ, Secretary. KNIGHTS OV COLUMBUS CDQTiBKJ) COUNCIL Me. lie* M re tinge aeoaad aad laat Monday* *i f:M p. m. Transient Broth ■r* urged to attend. Council Cbauiiers Fifth Street. A. J. Forreet, O. K, J. L. McCloakey, Secretary. AJLKUCAM LEGIOM Alford John Bradford Post No. 4. Juneau, Alaska. Meets fourth Thurada) each monhta at I p ■ The J. w. Kehoa, Poai Phone 48*.• J. H. Hsu. Post Adjutant, Phone lOti. LOYAL ORDEB 01 MOOSE Juneau Lodge 700 Meets every Friday night, 8 o’olock. Moose Hall. Qeorga I Jorgenson. Dictator; R. H. Stevens, Secretary. ■-i——-• Mooseheart Legion Juneau Legion No. 26. Meets first Tuesday of each month at Moose Hull. KARL THIELf, Q.N.M. R. H. STEVENS. Herder, i---| ---— , WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART LEGION Juneau Chapter No. 439 Meeting second and fourth Tuesday of each month. 8 o’clock. Moose Hall. Mrs. Mary Haln, Senior Regent; Mrs. A. F. McKinnon, Secretary. — h *-- ■ Auxiliary Alford John Bradford Post No. 4 American Legion Regular meeting fourth Tnur* day of each month in Council Chambers of City Hall at 8 p. m. President, Mrs. E. M. Polley. Secretary, M. C. Ducey. ■ -■ ■ -■ I ~ : | Home Cooked Meals I or room and board at (ho | Home Boarding Hooso I Formerly Gen. Hospital I PHONE 293 ■ - . . ■ » i Adolph Hansen - f VIOLIN INSTRUCTOR CIjAIR APARTMENTS Franklin and Fourth i— ■-1 T— For Good Service OO TO Sanitary Barber Shop Expert In Ladies’ Hair Bobbing and Shingling. | Wenzel Leonhard [ J42 S. Front St. n-,-1